Moms in Prayer

In Fish news...
Last week I discovered a prayer group of moms from our girls' elementary school. It's very exciting to know such a thing exists.
It seems that this particular group is part of a larger, organized national group called Moms in Prayer (www.momsintouch.org) formerly Moms in Touch, hence the mismatching web address. the purpose of this group is to gather moms to pray for their children and to pray for their school and to be encouragement to each other.

It's also exciting to get to know who some of the other Christian folks in the school are. I feel like we are part of some sort of secret society. It's so secret that unless you go to the meetings you don't even know who the other members are. And you know there are other people who would like to be a part of the secret society but since there is no super secret insignia that everyone wears to unify it's members, you don't know who they are; not because they aren't "walking the walk" but because you just haven't had the opportunity to interact with them yet and you don't have fish-dar.  (you know, radar to scope out who the Christians are).

For example, I discovered at last week's meeting that two of the moms there have daughters in my oldest daughter's class. I never knew.  My daughter never knew.  These particular girls were not part of her close circle of friends. However, in one weeks time, our daughters have formed a new and sudden bond just from knowing that they are of families that are a part of this secret society. 

There is even talk within the group of trying to start an after school Bible study for the kids.  Some of you may be saying, "What!? At the PUBIC school??"  The thought is that high schools are allowed to have groups like FCA and other types of religious meetings, so why can't you do that at the elementary level.  Obviously, it would be an after school thing and you only go if you want to.  The ladies in charge of the prayer group have been talking to the school principal and I believe are awaiting an answer or maybe trying to work out details. 

Pretty neat.  We are not alone.  We are all fish trying to make a puddle to swim in.